Deuteronomy 10:12-22

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What the Lord Wants You to Do

¹² Now, Israel, ·this is what [^Lwhat is it that…?] the Lord your God wants you to do: ·Respect [Fear] the Lord your God, and ·do what he has told you to do [^Lwalk on all his ways/paths]. Love him. Serve the Lord your God with ·your whole being [^Lall your heart/mind and all your soul], ¹³ and obey the Lord’s commands and ·laws [statutes; ordinances; requirements] that I am giving you today for your own good.

¹⁴ The Lord owns the ·world [earth] and everything in it—the heavens, even the ·highest heavens [^Lheaven of heavens], are his. ¹⁵ But the Lord ·cared for [stuck to] and loved your ·ancestors [fathers], and he chose you, their ·descendants [^Lseed], over all the other nations, just as it is today. ¹⁶ ·Give yourselves completely to serving him [^LCircumcise the foreskin of your heart], and do not be stubborn any longer. ¹⁷ The Lord your God is God of all gods and Lord of all lords. He is the great God, who is strong and ·wonderful [awesome]. He does not ·take sides [show favoritism/partiality], and he will not ·be talked into doing evil [take a bribe]. ¹⁸ He ·helps [grants justice to] orphans and widows, and he loves ·foreigners [resident aliens] and gives them food and clothes. ¹⁹ You also must love ·foreigners [resident aliens], because you were ·foreigners [resident aliens] in Egypt. ²⁰ ·Respect [Fear] the Lord your God and serve him. ·Be loyal [Cling] to him and ·make your promises in [swear by] his name. ²¹ He is the one you should praise; he is your God, who has done great and ·wonderful [awesome] things for you, which you have seen with your own eyes. ²² There were only seventy of your ·ancestors [fathers] when they went down to Egypt [Gen. 46:26; Ex. 1:5], and now the Lord your God has made you as many as the stars in the sky [Gen. 15:5; 22:19].